JP2578390Y2 - Cab roof reinforcement structure - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a reinforcement structure of a cab roof suitable for a vehicle, especially a vehicle, a fire truck or a crane truck carrying a plurality of small vehicles such as passenger cars. More specifically, the present invention relates to a structure for reinforcing bank portions provided on both side edges of a concave portion formed in a roof panel of a cab so as to extend in a traveling direction of a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, as a vehicle of this type, a crane transport vehicle having a concave portion formed in the center of a roof of a cab in which a driver's seat and a passenger seat are juxtaposed in the lateral direction of the vehicle and extending in the traveling direction of the vehicle. (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 48-23361).
In this crane transport vehicle, the inside of the cab is not narrowed, the communication between the driver seated in the driver seat and the occupant seated in the passenger seat is facilitated, and the field of view on the side of the driver seat can be sufficiently ensured. The crane's boom is accommodated in the recess so that the crane can travel with the boom positioned low.

[0003] On the other hand, in a vehicle mounted on which a plurality of small vehicles such as passenger vehicles are loaded and transported, a vehicle mount is mounted at the rear of the vehicle instead of a cargo bed. This vehicle mount extends above the cab roof panel in order to load small vehicles efficiently,
In addition, a recess is formed in the roof panel in order to make the vehicle height as low as possible.

[0004]

The above-mentioned crane transport vehicles and on-vehicle vehicles are usually manufactured by modifying mass-produced trucks in order to minimize the increase in manufacturing costs. However, in the above-mentioned crane trucks and on-vehicle vehicles, when the width of the concave portion is formed to be slightly smaller than the vehicle width, the thickness of a pair of bank portions provided on both side edges of the concave portion is smaller than its height. And the rigidity of the bank was reduced.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cab roof reinforcement structure that can increase the rigidity of a bank portion by adding parts having a simple shape and slightly increasing the number of assembling steps.

[0006]

The configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4 corresponding to the embodiment. In the present invention, a roof panel 12 which forms the upper surface of the cab 11, an outer opening 18a is formed on an outer surface of the cab connected to a side edge of the roof panel 12, and an outer flange 18b is formed on a peripheral edge of the outer opening 18a. Quarter outer panel 18 and outer opening 18
a inner opening 19a having substantially the same shape as the outer opening 18a is formed at a position facing the outer flange 18b.
The inner flange portion 19b is formed at a position facing the inner flange portion 19b and the inner flange portion 19b is joined to the outer flange portion 18b, and the concave portion 16 is formed on the roof panel 12 by forming the concave portion 16 extending in the traveling direction of the vehicle. A pair of bank portions 1 provided on both side edges of the pair 16
A cab provided with a reinforcing member 23 for reinforcing the bank portion 17 inside the bank portion 17;
The cross section of the bank portion 17 is configured to be a closed cross section by the reinforcing member 23, and one end of the reinforcing member 23 is connected to the outer opening 1.
Inner surface of the bank portion 17 joined between the outer flange portion 18b and the inner flange portion 19b forming the upper edge of the inner flange portion 8a and the inner opening portion 19a and having the other end straddling over the inner flange portion 19b and facing the inner flange portion 19b. It is joined to.

[0007]

Since the reinforcing member 23 is joined to the inside of the bank portion 17 so that the cross section becomes a closed cross section, the rigidity of the bank portion 17 is increased.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a vehicle-mounted vehicle (not shown) for mounting a plurality of small vehicles such as passenger vehicles is attached to a rear portion of the vehicle, and the vehicle-mounted vehicle efficiently loads the small vehicle. For this purpose, the cab 11 extends above the roof panel 12 of the cab 11 and is attached. The cab 11 of the on-vehicle vehicle is manufactured by modifying the cab of a mass-produced truck,
1, a roof panel 12 forming the upper surface of the cab 1, a quarter panel 13 forming the rear side surface of the cab 11, and a cab 11
Panel 14 that forms the back of the vehicle, and roof panel 1
2 includes a concave portion 16 extending in the traveling direction of the vehicle and accommodating a front portion of the vehicle-mounted table, and a pair of bank portions 17, 17 provided on both side edges of the concave portion 16 (FIG. 4).

The quarter panel 13 has a quarter outer panel 18 having an outer opening 18a formed substantially at the center, and an outer opening 18a located at a position facing the outer opening 18a.
And a quarter inner panel 19 in which an inner opening 19a having substantially the same shape is formed. An outer flange portion 18b is formed at a peripheral edge of the outer opening portion 18a, and an inner flange portion 19b is formed at a peripheral edge of the inner opening portion 19a facing the outer flange portion 18b. The inner flange portion 19b is joined to the outer flange portion 18b. Is done. A window glass 22 for closing the outer opening 18a and the inner opening 19a is attached to the outer flange 18b and the inner flange 19b via a weather strip 21 (FIGS. 1 and 2). The upper end of the quarter inner panel 19 is cut by protruding upward by a predetermined distance from the inner flange portion 19b.

In this example, the concave portion 16 is formed on an inclined surface which descends from a substantially central portion of the cab 11 toward the back panel 14, and an upper edge of the bank portion 17 extends substantially horizontally. Since the width of the concave portion 16 is formed so as to be slightly smaller than the vehicle width, the thickness of the bank portion 17 is smaller than its height. The roof panel 12 includes a roof panel main body 12 a forming an inclined surface of the concave portion 16 and a roof panel main body 12.
a connecting plate 12b which is connected to the side edge of a and forms the inner surface of the bank portion 17 and has a substantially L-shaped cross section. The outer surface of the bank portion 17 is formed by a quarter outer panel 18, and the upper edge of the bank portion 17 is connected to the quarter outer panel 18 by the connecting plate 12b.
Formed by bending inward toward the upper end of the The upper end of the connecting plate 12b connected to the roof panel main body 12a is connected to the edge bent inside the quarter outer panel 18 (FIGS. 1 and 3).

The feature of this embodiment is that a reinforcing member 23 for reinforcing the bank 17 is provided inside the bank 17, and the cross section of the bank 17 is closed by the reinforcing member 23. Where it was. The reinforcing member 23 is formed by bending a plate material having a predetermined width into a channel shape in cross section. Of the inner flange portions 19b joined to the outer flange portion 18b, the inner flange portion 19b forming the upper edge of the openings 18a, 19a is connected to the outer flange portion 18b.
A gap 24 into which one end of the reinforcing member 23 can be inserted is formed by bending the reinforcing member 23 in a substantially U-shaped cross section in a direction away from “a”. One end of the reinforcing member 23 is inserted into the gap 24 and joined to the outer flange portion 18b and the inner flange portion 19b. The other end of the reinforcing member 23 is joined to the inner surface of the bank portion 17, which straddles the upper end of the quarter inner panel 19 and faces the inner flange portion 19b, that is, the inner surface of the connecting plate 12b (FIGS. 1 and 2).

A seat belt anchor stiffener 2 is provided at the lower end inside the bank 17 in front of the openings 18a, 19a.
6 with the stiffener 26 welded to the upper end of
A first connecting plate 31 having a character shape and a second connecting plate 32 which is welded to the upper end of the quarter inner panel 19 and adheres to the lower surface of the first connecting plate 31 are provided. The seat belt anchor stiffener 26 and the quarter inner panel 19 are in close contact with each other below the bank portion 17, and the nut 34 welded to the plate 33 is attached to the seat belt retainer 36 and the stiffener 2.
The bolt 37 is screwed via the inner panel 6 and the quarter inner panel 19. The first connecting plate 31 is in close contact with the lower surface of the connecting plate 12b and is joined to the side edge of the roof panel main body 12a together with the connecting plate 12b, and the second connecting plate 32 is formed of the first connecting plate 31.
Together with the connecting plate 12b (FIG. 3). With the addition of parts having a simple shape such as a first connecting plate 31 and a second connecting plate 32, the bank portion 17 in front of the openings 18a, 19a is provided.
Can be increased in rigidity. Reference numeral 38 denotes a head lining (FIGS. 1 and 3).

In the cab roof reinforcing structure having the above-described structure, the bank portion 17 includes the quarter outer panel 18,
Since the cross section is configured to be a closed cross section by the connecting plate 12b and the reinforcing member 23, the rigidity of the bank portion 17 can be increased. In addition, since the reinforcing member 23, which is a component having a simple shape, is added, and the reinforcing component 23 is joined to the inside of the bank portion 17, a slight increase in the number of assembling steps is sufficient, so that the manufacturing cost is slightly increased.

In the above embodiment, the roof panel is composed of the roof panel body and the connecting plate.
This is an example, and the roof panel body may be directly connected to the quarter outer panel without using the connecting plate, as long as the roof panel can be deep-drawn. If the quarter outer panel can be deep-drawn, the bank portion may be formed of a single quarter outer panel without using a connecting plate, and the quarter outer panel may be directly connected to the roof panel body. Further, in the above embodiment, the on-vehicle vehicle has been described. However, the invention is not limited thereto, and a fire truck, a crane vehicle, or another vehicle may be used as long as the vehicle has a recess formed in the roof panel in the traveling direction of the vehicle.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, a recess extending in the traveling direction of a vehicle is formed in a roof panel, so that a pair of bank portions provided on both side edges of the recess are provided. Since a reinforcing member is provided to reinforce the cross section, the cross section of the bank is configured to be a closed cross section by the reinforcing member.
The rigidity of the bank can be increased. Also, one end of the reinforcing member is joined between the outer flange portion and the inner flange portion forming the upper edge of the outer opening portion and the inner opening portion, and the other end faces the inner flange portion over the inner flange portion. Since the structure is only to be joined to the inner surface of the bank portion, it is only necessary to add a component having a simple shape and slightly increase the number of assembling steps, and it is possible to reinforce the cab roof at low cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 4;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the cab.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Cab 12 Roof panel 13 Quarter panel 16 Recess 17 Bank 18 Quarter outer panel 18a Outer opening 18b Outer flange 19 Quarter inner panel 19a Inner opening 19b Inner flange 23 Reinforcement member

Continuation of the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B62D 25/00-25/08 B62D 25/14-25/22 B62D 33/06

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A roof panel (12) forming an upper surface of a cab (11), and an outer opening (18a) formed on an outer surface of the cab connected to a side edge of the roof panel (12) and the outer opening (18a)
A quarter outer panel (18) in which an outer flange portion (18b) is formed on a peripheral edge of the outer opening portion (18a); Is formed, an inner flange portion (19b) is formed at a position facing the outer flange portion (18b), and the inner flange portion (19b) is formed.
b) a quarter inner panel (19) joined to the outer flange portion (18b), and a recess (1) extending in the traveling direction of the vehicle in the roof panel (12).
6) is a cab provided with a pair of bank portions (17, 17) provided on both side edges of the concave portion (16), and the bank portion (17) is provided inside the bank portion (17). A reinforcing member (23) for reinforcing the 17) is provided, and the cross section of the bank portion (17) is configured to be a closed cross section by the reinforcing member (23), and one end of the reinforcing member (23) is provided. The outer opening (18a)
And the other end is joined between the outer flange portion (18b) and the inner flange portion (19b) forming the upper edge of the inner opening portion (19a) and the other end straddles over the inner flange portion (19b). A reinforced roof structure for a cab, which is joined to an inner surface of the bank portion (17) facing the inner flange portion (19b).